Census Bureau Daily Feature for Saturday, January 3: Alaska’s 50th
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-January 3, 2009 - Profile America — Saturday, January 3rd. After an unaccustomed place in the political spotlight during the recent national elections, Alaska turns its attention today to its 50th anniversary as a state. It had been a territory since being purchased from Russia in a highly controversial move in 1867. A land of superlatives, Alaska is noted for its great expanses of natural beauty and is the vacation destination for many Americans seeking to get away from traffic and pollution. Alaska is almost one-fifth the size of all the lower 48 states. The state’s population, long the smallest in the U.S., is today nearly 670,000, larger than Wyoming, Vermont and North Dakota. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2009, p. 71
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2008, t. 12, 13
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2008edition.html
Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the “Newsroom” button).
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